I was just confirming a friendship on Facebook (yes, yawn) and the UI seemed different somehow, but I couldn't quite place it. Then I realized there were a few less checkboxes for how you know the person. I read them all but couldn't remember what was there before except "We hooked up".

What else disappeared? Is this part of Facebook trying to grow up and be more mass-market applicable?

Sorry, this is probably old news. I don't tend to respond to all my requests (image cropped due to browser height) and so just haven't noticed until now.

There are definitely less on mine than there used to be. I get the feeling that they're de-emphasising that feature altogether, since you have to click a lot more to get to it now. It never seems to display the bunch of options immediately when I accept a friend request anymore. I think they're promoting friend groups -- which are private to each user -- in its place.

A fellow straight male friend of mine who, incidentally, officiated at my wedding, used "We hooked up" when confirming our friend details. I was a little surprised, but decided WTF? Why not leave it as is? Let people think whatever they want to think.